P.S. 326

Standardized proficiency numbers weren't part of the data provided for this school, which fits how early-grades schools are often evaluated — what stands out instead is that teachers rate their own instruction quality at 100%, well above the district average near 90%, and class sizes land right around the district average of about 24 students. For parents weighing academics at this age, the question becomes less 'what's the proficiency score' and more 'is the classroom instruction strong,' and the staff here reports that it is.

The day-to-day feel here, by every measure in the survey, is unusually calm and trusting. Teachers report 100% on safety, instruction quality, and collegial trust, parents give the principal a 97% trust rating with 95% overall satisfaction, and parent-teacher trust hits 99%. The discipline picture backs this up: zero suspensions in each of the last three reported years, against a district suspension rate of roughly 0.5%. One flag worth raising: the teacher survey drew only 22 responses, so the ceiling-level numbers come from a small group.

The student body is 73% Black, 12% Asian, and 9% Hispanic, closely tracking the surrounding Flatlands community. The economic need index of 60 places this somewhere in the middle of city schools — a working- and middle-class mix rather than a high- or low-poverty concentration. With only 150 students total, every family here is quickly known by name.

Flatlands is a homeowner-majority eastern Brooklyn neighborhood — over 60% of households own their homes, median household income is around $85,000, and roughly 18% of households have children. The poverty rate sits near 12%, and about a third of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. It's a stable family-oriented area where many adults raised their own kids in the same schools their neighbors are now considering.

No subway stations fall within a 20-minute walk of the school, so most families get here by car, school bus, or local MTA bus.